Twelve jurors have found former U.S. president Donald Trump guilty on all counts in his hush-money trial in New York, making him the first American president to be convicted of a felony.

Is it true that he can still run for the office even if he’s in jail?

  • UngodlyAudrey🏳️‍⚧️@beehaw.org
    40·
    5 months ago

    Is it true that he can still run for the office even if he’s in jail?

    Eugene V. Debs ran for president in 1920 while he was serving time for “sedition”(he had been making anti-war and anti-draft speeches during World War I). It’s certainly possible, though incredibly doubtful he’d win. I find that I can’t really count anything out when it comes to Trump, though.

    • galoisghost@aussie.zone
      23·
      5 months ago

      The biggest threat to Trump if he does go to jail is he will lose airtime and will be up to his merry band of lickspittles to try to drum up interest, and interesting they are not.

    • tristan@aussie.zone
      2·
      5 months ago

      If you ever dive into the filth that is r/conservative, you’ll see that this has just reenforced their views that he needs to win and they need to do anything to make that happen…I don’t think there’s anything that could snap that cult out of it at this point

  • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
    27·
    5 months ago

    Is it true that he can still run for the office even if he’s in jail?

    The presumption is normally the people wouldn’t vote for a criminal let alone one that’s in jail.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
      10·
      5 months ago

      I think it was ABC that just showed a poll saying 15% of independents would be more likely to vote for Trump if he’s a convicted felon, 8% less likely, and 74% indifferent.

      So uh, at least amongst independent voters, no, apparently being a felon does not matter that much.

  • Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.socialEnglish
    13·
    5 months ago

    If you want to inflict damage on yourself you can check the meltdown on patriots dot win. It’s funny and sad all at once.

  • MxM111@kbin.social
    6·
    5 months ago

    There is no chance for him to go to jail. Such sentencing will be appealed to Supreme Court and you know what will happen next.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      He’s unlikely to go to gaol for this particular set of crimes even without getting special treatment. He’d be looking at a maximum of 4 years (per count, but I suspect those would probably be served concurrently), but as another article about the subject said:

      But Trump is unlikely to be sentenced to prison, experts say. He is a first-time offender, and the crime he has been found guilty of is a non-violent paper crime.

  • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    I feel like somehow this is just going to drive more campaign contributions and win over those who are brainwashed, netting him a boost in the polls, but I guess time will tell.